Employees of BIG Partnership will receive their largest-ever bonus payout following the marketing agency's most profitable year on record.

A total of 107 staff across six UK offices will share in £250,000 following a rise in profits to £1.4m during the year to 31 May. Revenues during the period increased by £1.4m to £8.8m.

The bonus pot is more than double that of last year, director Allan Barr said. All staff are set to benefit to varying degrees, depending on individual performance, client satisfaction and a weighting based on current earnings.

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"We have had increases across all parts of the business, but digital has been the biggest part of that, although it is coming from the lowest base," Barr said.

The firm's digital marketing team now stands at 20, with digital income up 51 per cent as BIG has strengthened its offering around SEO, PPC, social advertising and video content.

This has been the result of rising demand for integrated services, the trend that began emerging about three years ago, Barr said.

"Winning more integrated accounts, where we combine digital, marketing, design and PR to make a measurable impact for clients, has significantly boosted performance this year," he explained.

The firm said is has secured major account wins across all offices, complemented with an increase in marketing-led accounts with existing clients such as Loganair, Stewart Milne Group and global energy skills body OPITO. The Manchester office, which opened in 2015 and now employs eight people, doubled profits during the year.

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BIG's other offices are located in Aberdeen, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The agency has more than 300 clients, the majority of whom are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, it has seen an increase in larger account wins both in Scotland and nationally.

Barr said BIG is looking to take its creative work "up a level" with the appointment in the next few weeks of a "heavy hitter" as senior creative director. The agency has budgeted for 15 senior hires in the coming 12 months, with an announcement also expected imminently about a new head of design studio.

"The momentum in the business and the growth in the business over the last 18 months has been incredible," Barr said. "It is not like anything we have seen before."

Five directors - Alex Barr's younger brother Allan, Andrew Baird, Bryan Garvie, Graham Leitch and Zoe Ogilvie - are mid-way through buying out the founders. The staged deal is structured to conclude in 2020, though the founders will retain a minority stake.